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player ready...La Grange Elementary District 105 is proposing a total of about $300,000 in maintenance, repair and upgrades to be done this summer at its five schools.
Roof repairs at Gurrie Middle and Seventh Avenue Elementary schools are the largest and most expensive projects the district is proposing for summer work.
The district would replace six sections of roof at Gurrie School at a cost of $180,000, according to a list of proposed work.
“The work is part of scheduled maintenance to avoid large scale damage and cost,” said Superintendent Glenn Schlichting.
The roof work at Seventh Avenue School is over a kindergarten classroom.
“That’s in response to some leakage in that area,” Schlichting said.
The district will repair the roof at a cost of about $20,000 and repair a crack in a wall in the kindergarten for about $10,000. It also plans to upgrade lighting and replace ceiling tiles in the kindergarten.
At Spring Avenue school, the district is proposing a $10,000 project to put a water line into the cafeteria and add two bottle filling water fountains.
“Kids have their water bottles with them. It’s a way for them to quickly fill their water bottles,” Schlichting said.
It is proposed the other schools will also receive bottle-filling stations although they do not need water lines.
Schlichting said the Parent-Teacher Organization requested the bottle-filling water fountains and will pay part of the cost of installing them.
Another project proposed at Gurrie would include painting and sealing the parking lot, which would cost about $7,800. Similar parking lot repairs are proposed at Hodgkins Elementary School at a cost of about $5,000. Another proposed project is to replace tile at the north hallway of Hodgkins school because it is bubbling up.
At Ideal Elementary School, the district is proposing to paint the gym walls, which would cost about $7,600. It also would replace a stoop at one of the doors at a cost of about $5,500 because water is draining beneath it, officials said. The district also install a storage shed for storing ice melting tools.
Schlichting said the list of summer work is made up based on recommendations of custodial staff and principals at the schools. He said a priority list is created with projects related to safety getting top priority and those related to aesthetics at the bottom.
Schlichting said the school board has given a thumbs-up to the list of summer work and staff will come back to them for approval of bids for each of the projects. The work will be paid for from the operations/maintenance fund.
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